The best?

So i just came back from a year break, and i still dont have Going Rogue, so for a fresh comeback, i was thinking of making a new char, and leveling it by myself, no teams, no nothing for the first bit. Im just thinking, Scrap or Tank for what i want to do to, heres my plan.. Level my char a few levels, like around 5-6, then start farming the sewers by myself. Once i reach atleast 8-10, ill hit street hunt in Perez Park, after head to the hollows for the arcs and sooner or later, going Underground Tunnels to farm.. After that, im not sure, probly teams lol, So my question is, Which Powerset be the best job for this?

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I found having a fire/fire tank in the lower levels worked really well. Healing flames provides some toxic resist and isn't end heavy like Dark Regen. Fire Aura will have all it's defensive powers available by lvl 12. Consume will help cover most end issues that inherent fitness won't. You'll be able to get a PBAoE with Combustion at lvl 4. Think that covers most of your early level wants.

I'm sure others will chime in, but in the lower levels Fire/Fire does quite well.

A Regen Scrapper or Willpower Tanker would probably be your best bet for a low-cost, purebred soloist.

Regen is very solo-friendly, and peaks quite early with very few "must-take" powers (Integration, Reconstruction, Dull Pain, Quick Recovery. All the Rest is "optional".) It doesn't peak quite as high with heavy IO investment as other sets, but it's probably one of the highest-performing sets on "simple" slotting via SOs/Common IOs. Only avoid it if you don't like the idea of mitigation via lots of buttonpresses or "clicks".

WP gets Quick Recovery nice and early on Tanks and the set's main problem is poor aggro control, which won't affect you when soloing. WP's performance is pretty decent with just Common IOs, but also ramps up very high with heavy IO investment. If you ever need to team you can make a second build that is very survivable and "team friendly". WP requires hardly any buttonpresses, so it works better with busier damage sets.

Pretty much any damage set will do you on a Scrapper. Katana and Broadsword pair pretty well with Regen for survivability but others are better for damage output. DM and Fire tend to be the better Tanker Options, but WP can also pair well with pretty much anything. Really depends what you want to fight: hordes of minions, or bosses?

Are the Quick Recovery powers really that big an advantage now that everyone gets Stamina at level 2? All the powersets without Quick Recovery seem to be thriving now that5 they have early Stamina. I thought the original reason for recommending the sets with it was so that you had some kind of early end recovery...but now everybody does.

i got a Dark melee/Shield scrapper for soloing and also a Broadsword/Fire Aura. Both are great for soloing big mobs no worries.

If you roll up a WP/SS Tanker, I think you'll find youself able to solo strong, but not as fast as, say, a Spines/Fire Scrapper.

That being said, a WP/SS Tanker can take a ridiculous amount of damage, and dish out almost as much as a Scrapper in full swing. You can also softcap it, though it's ridiculously expensive. My lv 41 WP/SS is able to solo AVs (with envenomed daggers, of course), and I haven't looked for a team on him for ages.

So I guess speed would be loads of minions/LTs with a Spines/Fire , /Elec, or /Dark. Strong would be a WP or Invul Tanker primary with a /SS secondary. This is very broadly speaking, and many will disagree. They'll probably be right, actually.

Personally, I'd ride the line between them and make a character like my Fire/SD Scrapper. He's got Fire Sword Circle and Shield Charge for AoE, Against All Odds to further boost damage, a strong ST chain for tougher enemies, and enough defense/resistance/extra HP to handle a good amount of hurt. Once I get him up more levels, I'm going to see about what I can do IO-wise, but from what I've read it looks promising.

Oh, and as for Quick Recovery, it's very much worth it on my WP/SS. When you're running a lot of toggles and spamming Foot Stomp and Knock Out Blow, those Rage and Hasten crashes can be nasty. The faster you can recover your endurance, then better.

Well I think you may be looking more for a team oriented and less solo since you plan to only solo to the hollows. Both a tank and scrapper have their pros and cons for doing this job so I'll just give you my advice.

Shield tankers are like the tutorial of tank primaries. The powers pretty much tell you how to play. They have great balance and are one of the more durable primaries.

If you want to be a god and not be a stone go with willpower or invulnerability.

You will definitely need damage output so I suggest you use electric, fire, energy melee, super strength, or for scrappers: anything lol.

You really have an open field here though, everything is pretty much soloable till the hollows. I honestly think though a scrapper will be your best bet, they are the most solo class in the game IMO. They can be made to take a beating and they have high dps. When they go into teams you make a good off tank and a good dps.